Today's Herald reports that Rory was too upset to talk about his non-selection on Tuesday after receiving the unwanted call from Ian McGeechan, the national coach, on Monday evening.
"I don't really remember much of what he said after he told me I wasn't going. It was a bit of a shock. I thought I had done enough to make the squad and I'm very disappointed because I gave it my all."
Rory goes on to explain that he feared for his professional career after being frozen out of the Glasgow set-up by the former coaching regime. "I never thought last April that I would be in this situation because I didn't think I had any chance of getting into the national squad. I still regard myself as very, very lucky to have played for Scotland recently.
"I'm still young and, if I'm called up again, I'll be really excited. However, I love playing for Glasgow and Hugh Campbell and Sean Lineen have got us back playing the old Glasgow rugby.
"It makes a huge difference if the coaches are looking to play that sort of game and last Friday it was fantastic to beat Cardiff playing that way so I just want to have fun, enjoy our style of rugby and look to keep improving."